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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

devastating
    adj 1: making light of; "afire with annihilating invective"; "a
           devastating portrait of human folly"; "to compliments
           inflated I've a withering reply"- W.S.Gilbert [syn:
           annihilating, devastating, withering]
    2: wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction;
       "possessing annihilative power"; "a devastating hurricane";
       "the guns opened a withering fire" [syn: annihilative,
       annihilating, devastating, withering]
    3: physically or spiritually devastating; often used in
       combination; "a crushing blow"; "a crushing rejection";
       "bone-crushing" [syn: crushing, devastating]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Devastate \Dev"as*tate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Devastated; p. pr. & vb. n. Devastating.] [L. devastatus,
   p. p. of devastare to devastate; de + vastare to lay waste,
   vastus waste. See Vast.]
   To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
   [1913 Webster]

         Whole countries . . . were devastated.   --Macaulay.

   Syn: To waste; ravage; desolate; destroy; demolish; plunder;
        pillage.
        [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

devastating \devastating\ adj.
   1. highly critical; making light of; as, a devastating
      portrait of human folly.

   Syn: annihilating, withering.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. causing or capable of causing complete destruction; as, a
      devastating hurricane.

   Syn: annihilative.
        [WordNet 1.5]

Thesaurus Results for devastating:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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